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At the top left, the capital city of Sudan, Khartoum, is located at the convergence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile. Although the Blue Nile is much shorter than the White Nile, it contributes about 80% of the flow of the river. The Dahlak Archipelago is seen off the Red Sea coast of Eritrea. North of the Rift Valley, in central Ethiopia, are the Simien Mountains and Lake Tana. Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile. Photo courtesy of NASA.
Saint George's Cathedral is an Ethiopian Orthodox church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, that is noted for its distinctive octagonal form.
Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa is considered the largest and most magnificent of all modern churches in Ethiopia. Originally begun in 1887 as a monastery church, it was expanded to a cathedral according to a European design between 1928 and 1931.
Equestrian statue of Emperor Menelik II in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Menelik is remembered for leading Ethiopian troops against the Kingdom of Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War, where he scored a decisive victory at the Battle of Adwa in 1896 and secured Ethiopian independence.
Main gate of the Imperial Palace, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Lion of Judah Monument is one of the most distinctive landmarks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Emperor Haile Selassie commissioned the statue, by sculptor Maurice Calka, and erected it in front of the National Theater in 1954.
Two women in national dress in front of the Lion of Judah Monument in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia.
King Ezana's Stela is a 21 m (69 ft) obelisk in the ancient city of Axum, Ethiopia. The monument, which dates to the 4th century A.D., stands at the center of Northern Stelae Park with hundreds of smaller stelae. In 2007-08, the stela was structurally consolidated and today is braced to prevent further leaning.
National treasures -- reliquaries, crowns, and an ancient velum book -- from the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum, Ethiopia. The church also claims to have the Ark of the Covenant, but only a single guardian monk, appointed for life, may view and pray before the Ark.
The Royal Enclosure or Fasil Ghebbi (Fasil’s Enclosure) is the remains of a fortress city in Gondar, Ethiopia, founded in the 17th century by Emperor Fasilides (Fasil).
The Church of Saint George, located in a mountainous region of Ethiopia called Lalibela, where 11 churches were carved out of rock in the 12th and 13th centuries. The layout and names of the major buildings are widely accepted to be a symbolic representation of Jerusalem. In 1978, UNESCO declared the churches a World Heritage Site.
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